Medical problems in military personnel associated with burn pit exposure: a narrative review
Vivie Tran, Tarek Shihab, Anuhya Alapati, Connie Nugent, Rebecca Nugent, Kenneth Nugent · 2026
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Description
Vivie Tran and co-authors review what is known about burn pits and the health of troops. In wars in Southwest Asia, open pits burned waste of all kinds, from food scraps to plastic and chemicals. Many service members breathed the fumes for months. Reports since then link the smoke to new or worse breathing problems.
The review pulls together studies found in a large medical database. Some troops had deep lung checks, even tissue samples, as part of their care. Harm seems to turn on what was burned, how hot the pit ran, and how long a person was exposed. The authors call for long term follow up studies and point clinics to sources of help.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Vivie Tran, Tarek Shihab, Anuhya Alapati, Connie Nugent, Rebecca Nugent, Kenneth Nugent |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |